Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Eldorado, Rural City Of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 257771
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257771.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eldorado, Rural City Of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cocks Eldorado Dredge
Hidden Friend Mine (Lone Hand Mine)
Reedy Creek (Reid's Creek)

Latitude: 36°19'17"S
Longitude: 146°35'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.321388888889,146.58416666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Apatite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Topaz	Tourmaline
Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Diamond ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spinel ()*	Topaz ()*
Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Au B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sn Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diamond Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Topaz Tourmaline
Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	14583	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	14584	2162
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	14582,14583,14584	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	14583	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	14582,14584	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	14583	4165
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	14584	697
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	14583	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	14583	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	14583	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	14582,14584	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	14584	5433
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	14583	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	14583	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	14583	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	14583	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	14583,14584	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	14582	2705
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	14584	1934
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	14584	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	14582,14584	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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